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Job overview
Are you interested in gaining experience of working within a mental health psychological therapies team?
We have a great opportunity to be an integral part of a large Psychological Therapies Team as a full time Assistant Psychologist.
The psychological therapies team includes highly experienced, friendly, approachable psychological therapists from all modalities, who are all extremely compassionate about supporting patients with serious mental health problems and supporting other staff to gain this experience.
We provide regular monthly opportunities to contribute and participate in regular reflective practice meetings, team supervision, and training events.
You will be supported with regular supervision from a clinical psychologist and senior staff.
We have excellent links with the Oxford Centre for Psychological Health and Oxford Institute for Clinical Psychology Training, which is hosted by the Trust. We actively encourage innovation and research with opportunities for collaborations with the University of Oxford Department of Psychiatry. We also collaborate with Oxford Brookes University, Buckinghamshire New University, and the University of Bath.
Please note, This role will be offered on a 12 month fixed term basis, due to a split in funding as well as upcoming changes which may impact the long term for this role.
Main duties of the job
We have a great opportunity to be an integral part of a large Psychological Therapies Team. This will include:
- Opportunities to work with Psychologists and Psychotherapists with wide-ranging clinical expertise.
- Opportunities to gain direct experience of working with adults with mental health problems individually and in groups.
- Involvement of the service evaluation process for both Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire psychological therapy teams. This includes service development projects, producing service evaluation reports, including data from the collection and recording of patient questionnaires (PROMS). Presenting these at both counties staff meetings, providing an opportunity to work with staff from both teams
- Assisting senior clinical staff to deliver patient therapy groups and classes.
- Supporting senior clinical staff to triage new referrals and liaising with referrers, admin and patients with outcomes
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the “supporting statement” element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application.
The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview.
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Person specification
Experience
Essential
- Work with people with mental health problems and/or other disabilities.
- Experience of data entry and data analysis.
- Experience of using Microsoft packages and computer skills for databases or data analysis, especially Excel and SPSS for Windows.
Desirable
- Experience of paid work in direct care provision.
- Experience of working with older people and or people with dementia
Personal Qualities
Essential
- An ability to interact effectively with staff from all disciplines.
- An ability to interact with people with mental health problems and disabilities.
- Ability to work independently, reliably and consistently with work agreed and managed at regular intervals.
Desirable
- An interest in working with people with mental health problems or other disabilities.
- A desire to explore a career in Professional Psychology.
Qualifications – Academic/Skills/Professional
Essential
- An upper second-class honours degree or higher in psychology.
- Entitlement to graduate membership of the British Psychological Society.
- Maths/statistics A-level or equivalent.
Desirable
- Further post graduate training in relevant areas of professional psychology, mental health practice and/or research design and analysis.
Further Training or Job Related Aptitude and Skills
Essential
- High level communication skills (written and verbal) including an ability to communicate and work in settings in which the atmosphere may be highly emotive.
- An understanding of the needs and difficulties of people with mental health problems or other disabilities.
- High degree of organisational skills, ability to adjust priorities.
- Ability to accept and use supervision appropriately and effectively.
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This advert is for Assistant Psychologist with Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust in Warneford Hospital. It is listed as a Psychologist role. The advertised salary is £28392.00 to £31157.00. The contract type is 12 months (Fixed Term). The application deadline is 17 Aug 2026.
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